PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649454117

Michael PalmerM.D.

PRACTICEG I ASSOCIATES OF WEST ALABAMA PCSee all providers at this practice →

Internal MedicineTuscaloosa, ALI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

401

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

415

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$40K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,263 Internal Medicine providers in AL — below median (cohort median 839).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

699

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$439K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

25.6%

Top prescribed drugs

Pantoprazole Sodium220 claims

Omeprazole43 claims

Dicyclomine Hcl43 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl37 claims

Vedolizumab35 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.8

Quality

99.3

Cost

83.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$679

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$679

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Palmer's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Amish Dave Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Jackson, TX	21	57
Alkesh Amin Internal Medicine · Lake Jackson, TX	18	116
Corey Anderson Emergency Medicine · Pasadena, TX	15	42
Craig Freedman Diagnostic Radiology · Lake Jackson, TX	14	31
Anne Witson Pathology · Conroe, TX	13	40
Mohammad Khan Emergency Medicine · Webster, TX	11	46

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history